Mar 25, 2022 06:28 PM
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-...-25032022/
EXCERPTS: A large ice shelf in East Antarctica has collapsed after days of record temperatures. The end of the Conger ice shelf, located on the East Antarctic coast near the Shackleton ice shelf, collapsed on March 15, based on satellite imagery. The shelf was around 1,200 square kilometers.
[...] despite the Conger ice shelf being relatively small, this is still one of the most significant collapse events since the early 2000s when the Larsen B ice shelf disintegrated. It won’t have any big effects in terms of sea-level rise but it’s a sign of what’s coming in terms of the climate crisis and the specific threats to Antarctica, she added.
[...] Ice shelves are permanent floating sheets of ice that connect to a landmass.
[...] Scientists have seen a series of unusual ice shelves collapsing on the Antarctic Peninsula during the last thirty years, which they attribute to warmer air and water temperatures. Air temperature in Antarctica has increased 3ºC since pre-industrial times, which is much higher than the 1.1º global average temperature increase.
The Thwaites glaciers, nicknamed the “doomsday glacier,” is probably the biggest concern of scientists at the moment. Cracks and fissures have opened up on top and underneath the glacier, which could lead to a fracture and collapse in three years or less. It has enough water on its own to raise sea levels worldwide by over half a meter... (MORE - missing details)
EXCERPTS: A large ice shelf in East Antarctica has collapsed after days of record temperatures. The end of the Conger ice shelf, located on the East Antarctic coast near the Shackleton ice shelf, collapsed on March 15, based on satellite imagery. The shelf was around 1,200 square kilometers.
[...] despite the Conger ice shelf being relatively small, this is still one of the most significant collapse events since the early 2000s when the Larsen B ice shelf disintegrated. It won’t have any big effects in terms of sea-level rise but it’s a sign of what’s coming in terms of the climate crisis and the specific threats to Antarctica, she added.
[...] Ice shelves are permanent floating sheets of ice that connect to a landmass.
[...] Scientists have seen a series of unusual ice shelves collapsing on the Antarctic Peninsula during the last thirty years, which they attribute to warmer air and water temperatures. Air temperature in Antarctica has increased 3ºC since pre-industrial times, which is much higher than the 1.1º global average temperature increase.
The Thwaites glaciers, nicknamed the “doomsday glacier,” is probably the biggest concern of scientists at the moment. Cracks and fissures have opened up on top and underneath the glacier, which could lead to a fracture and collapse in three years or less. It has enough water on its own to raise sea levels worldwide by over half a meter... (MORE - missing details)